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Esther A. Balderston Jones Papers

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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
MC.1038
Repository:
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Esther A. Balderston Jones papers (HC.MC 1038), Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College PA.
Date:
1898-1998 (inclusive)
Creator:
Jones, Esther A. Balderston, 1891-1967 and Jones, Thomas Elsa, 1888-1973
Form:
Correspondence
Abstract:

Esther A. Balderston, a graduate of Wellesley College, became a Quaker missionary teaching the Bible, English and sewing at Friends Girls School, Tokyo, and Press Superintendent of Japan Women's Christian Temperance Union beginning in 1914. She married Thomas E. Jones in 1917.

This collection comprises correspondence, creative works, and ephemera by and about Esther A. Balderston Jones. The collection ranges from 1898 to 1998, and is mostly comprised of business and personal correspondence. The letters were written between 1898 and 1921 back and forth between family members while Jones was traveling in Europe. They document her transportation and experiences abroad. The letters also detail her international missionary endeavors in Germany and Japan. Included in the collection are miscellaneous materials including Jones's own creative works, diary entries and materials, and photographs.

Records are organized into two series: a general file, which contains biographical information and creative works, and a correspondence file.

Gift of Catherine Gaskill, December 16, 2014.

Processed; completed March 2016.

Organization

Publisher
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
March, 2016
Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17)

Collection Inventory

Biographical Information.
Box 1 Folder 1
Collection Provenance Information.
Box 1 Folder 2
Creative works performances, 1909-1945.
Box 1 Folder 3
Diary Contents, 1911-1915.
Box 1 Folder 4

Correspondence, 1898-11-02-1910-01-26.
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence, 1911-04-18-1911-04-28.
Box 1 Folder 6
Correspondence (Berlin), 1911-05-04-1911-06-01.
Box 1 Folder 7
Correspondence (Dresden, Marburg), 1911-06-04-1911-06-28.
Box 1 Folder 8
Correspondence, 1911-07-02-1911-07-28.
Box 1 Folder 9
Correspondence, 1911-08-04-1911-08-28.
Box 1 Folder 10
Correspondence, 1914-08-29-1915-12-19.
Box 1 Folder 11
Correspondence, 1913-03-12-1921-12-03.
Box 1 Folder 12
Correspondence (Japan), 1916.
Box 1 Folder 13

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